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Chloë Houston @chloehouston.bsky.social · 1d

Warwickshire friends, please come to Waterstones Leamington Spa next Thursday and hear me and @adamwithbooks.bsky.social talk about The Book Game - I’d love to see you! Tickets via the link below, or message me.

www.waterstones.com/events/in-co...

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Adam Smyth @adamwithbooks.bsky.social · 24d

For one day only! The Book Game on Kindle for just 99p!

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The TLS @thetls.bsky.social · Aug 7

'Bacon’s utopian scientists have achieved miracles: they create artificial rain, snow and meteors.'

Chloë Houston on a scientific utopia admired by tech bros today

Wisdom of Salomon

www.the-tls.com

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Adam Smyth @adamwithbooks.bsky.social · Jul 27

Thanks to the brilliant Frances Wilson (author of Electric Spark: The Enigma of Muriel Spark) for these kind words about THE BOOK GAME
@chloehouston.bsky.social
@4thestatebooks.bsky.social

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Chloë Houston @chloehouston.bsky.social · Jun 30

@oldfortunatus.bsky.social

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Chloë Houston @chloehouston.bsky.social · Jun 24

We do have a naked swimming scene and a forest so it’s not too far off 🙂

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Chloë Houston @chloehouston.bsky.social · Jun 24

“ever” is a long time

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Chloë Houston @chloehouston.bsky.social · Jun 13

Thanks so much James! That’s lovely to hear & I’m delighted you enjoyed it.

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Adam Smyth @adamwithbooks.bsky.social · Jun 12

bookanista.com/frances-wise...

Writers behaving badly

Inside the minds of writing duo Adam Smyth and Chloe Houston, about the creation of their debut mystery The Book Game, jointly written as Frances Wise.

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Adam Smyth @adamwithbooks.bsky.social · Jun 13

Here "we" are -- that is, the two sides of Frances Wise -- signing THE BOOK GAME at beautiful Goldsboro Books off Charing Cross Road.

Fast work. We got through a *lot*.

@goldsborobooks.bsky.social @chloehouston.bsky.social

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Emma Smith @oldfortunatus.bsky.social · Jun 7

Just finished the excellent The Book Game by Frances Wise. Highly recommend. Witty, observant, nicely satirical, knowing without being arch. Bravo,
@adamwithbooks.bsky.social @chloehouston.bsky.social

Adam Smyth (@adamwithbooks.bsky.social)

lit+material texts. balliol, oxford + london. Rep'd RCW Literary Agency THE BOOK-MAKERS (2024) co-ed Inscription: The Journal of Material Text president Oxford Bibliographical Society micro-essays ada...

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Chloë Houston @chloehouston.bsky.social · Jun 7

That’s so lovely to read, Emma; thank you very much indeed.

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Chloë Houston @chloehouston.bsky.social · Jun 5

The Book Game is out today! Available in all good bookshops… @adamwithbooks.bsky.social

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Chloë Houston @chloehouston.bsky.social · May 29

Out one week today!

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Adam Smyth @adamwithbooks.bsky.social · May 17

adamsmyth.substack.com/p/novel

Novel!

With my friend Chloë Houston, I’ve written a novel and it’s about to be published.

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Research at Reading @uor-research.bsky.social · May 6

Could *you* construct an ideal society? 🛠️ 🌇

Craft your perfect world using past visions of utopias in art & literature at @chloehouston.bsky.social's stand The Utopia Experiment at the #CommunityFestival2025

Find out more about the festival! 🔗 rdg.ac/3AUYDdZ

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Chloë Houston @chloehouston.bsky.social · May 4

And beyond delighted that the hardback of The Book Game has landed 💥💚🦚🌳 Out June 5th. @adamwithbooks.bsky.social @4thestatebooks.bsky.social

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Adam Smyth @adamwithbooks.bsky.social · May 2

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Chloë Houston @chloehouston.bsky.social · May 1

Delighted to have our edited collection in my hands today! Huge thanks to Laetitia Sansonetti, our series editor, and our commissioning editor Guy Carney at Brepols - and to our brilliant (and patient) contributors. And from me to my co-editors Ladan and Sophie, super colleagues both.

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Chloë Houston @chloehouston.bsky.social · May 1

Happy birthday 🙂🎂

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Chloë Houston @chloehouston.bsky.social · May 1

Thanks very much to Tolhurst organic farm for having me over on Thursday to talk about utopias and the land. The first time I have discussed More’s men-eating sheep in close proximity to the real thing. #TheUtopiaExperiment #NotAllSheep

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Chloë Houston @chloehouston.bsky.social · May 1

Out 5th June, delighted to see The Book Game in @thetimes.com & looks like we have a new subtitle #shagginginthefolly

Adam Smyth @adamwithbooks.bsky.social · Apr 30

#shagginginthefolly in @thetimes.com

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Doç. Dr. Emrah Atasoy @atasoyemrah.bsky.social · Apr 24

It was a pleasure to deliver a keynote talk at the inaugural interdisciplinary symposium of the Utopia Experiment at the University of Reading yesterday! Special thanks to @chloehouston.bsky.social for the kind invitation. A great variety of papers and thought-provoking discussions!

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Chloë Houston @chloehouston.bsky.social · Apr 23

Thank you to all of our fantastic speakers at the Utopia symposium today, especially our keynotes @atasoyemrah.bsky.social and Chris Coates, talking here about his experience of living in communes & intentional communities. An inspiring day 😊

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Chloë Houston @chloehouston.bsky.social · Apr 22

We are thrilled to be welcoming Dr Emrah Atasoy and Chris Coates to deliver keynote addresses at the inaugural symposium of The Utopia Experiment tomorrow at the University of Reading! Join us in Chancellors G04 or online (DM for link).

Doç. Dr. Emrah Atasoy @atasoyemrah.bsky.social · Apr 22

I am looking forward to contributing to the interdisciplinary Utopia Symposium at the University of Reading tomorrow! Thank you for the kind invitation @chloehouston.bsky.social! An important initiative: The Utopia Experiment! @uni-of-warwick.bsky.social @utopianstudpsu.bsky.social

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